Overview

• Former NFL player, Sergio Brown, has been accused of first-degree murder and concealing a homicide related to the death of his mother, Myrtle Brown. His pretrial release was denied due to him being deemed a flight risk and a threat to the community.
• Prosecutors alleged that Brown was the last person seen with his mother, was seen burning fabric the night of her death on September 14, and had booked a one-way ticket to Cancun, Mexico, the next day.
• Evidence collected by the police included blood on Myrtle’s back patio, DNA samples from under her fingernails which matched a toothbrush in Brown’s bedroom, and cellphone records placing Brown and his mother at the same location during the estimated time of her death.
• Public defender Robert Fox argues that the case against Brown is all circumstantial, as there were no eyewitnesses to the alleged crime.
• Myrtle Brown's body was found in a creek less than 100 yards from her home after she and Brown were reported missing. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office ruled her death a homicide due to multiple injuries from an assault.
• Brown was taken into custody in San Diego, California, upon 're-entering' the United States from Mexico.